A funny thing happened to Dave Arnold on his globe-trotting effort to sample the apples of the world: he got waylaid by the pears. What happened next is the subject of a truly wonderful blog post that highlights his enthusiasm and ability to convey subtleties of the eating experience. Not bad for a chap who “helps chefs achieve their most ambitious goals using new technologies, techniques, and ingredients … including sous vide and hydrocolloids”. But of course, a trained mind and a trained palate can tackle anything, to whit:
- Cayuga … tasted of Nik-L-Nips 1
- Hermansverk 1/1 tasted of canned black California olives
- Perdue 41 was a dead ringer for giant water-bug essence
Seriously, this is a tour de force, and you know we don’t use that term lightly. The tragedy is that Brogdale makes next to no use of its riches.